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Liquidation Sale

A pair of related news items make the Chicago Tribune even more meta than we ever imagined.

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435 N. Michigan

Strange times get stranger at the Chicago Tribune: Owner sam Zell is being sued by his employees. . . . . . their most valuable asset is under fire for receiving scheduling favors from Major League Baseball. . . . . . the biggest news in local sports media isn’t local sports news but news about local sports [...]

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All the News that’s Fit to Ruin a Two-Year-Old’s Birthday Party

I try to run a fairly news-ignorant operation here, but this was too good to pass up: Cubs fans accused of beating White Sox fan, says the Associated Press by way of the Chicago Tribune. Despite not mentioning what actually led to said assault, their trusty copywriter apparently deemed the baseball allegiances to be the [...]

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“Losing is the Great American Sin”

If you, like me, grew up in or around Chicago in the pre-Internet days, you got your baseball news from the box scores but you got the story from the great Jerome Holtzman. This town has seen its share of sportswriters good and bad, but Holtzman was without a doubt one of the former. Today [...]

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Recusion, Conflict, All That Business

The Tribune refuses to report or comment on the prospect of a public sale of Wrigley Field. Does that sound noble? Don’t believe the hype.

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First and Last Month’s, Plus Deposit

Want a great deal on rent in Chicago? Try building a stadium.

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Superfan

You think you hate the Cubs? You have no idea how to hate the Cubs.

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My News Can Beat Up Your News

In the world according to the sports media, Mark Buehrle will never pitch for the Sox again. Can I get a source on that?

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